The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1887-03-02

4 fNl ltHtNl
pose thar r.Ivof sun light Is seutthruugh
one half 1fa irism at the SINE time that
-ly Of uelIl-tinted electric light is seut
through the ether half ANY one can see
chat each VIII make 5rs handwriting an
the wall. Sepp0se tlat you md, IN 1Ee
half ot the PRISM a line eexactiy Ike % line
ia the same pldce IN tue other half What
DO you cuuciade2 T0u u,a7 conclude tillt
they were written by the same hand. IN
the same inz, that il to say by the same
Z element. metal. or whatever t be- in
this WY the - elements have been nam-
ed, each one 0f shem has written its oru
Signature IN colors drawn trlm the l-nt-
ming and the glorious suush ine-snd VIII
f make it for anyone 5aat puts rs pen into
rs hand THESE signatures to the trainei
. eve cln never be mistaken tine one for tine
other for there a-e no ev8 elements
known to luan thar give exactly tine same
colored line
The sun turns on its axis in anlIr - 15
our days. or If the sun could have any
thing corresponding % day ui night.
essen would have 10 be ab at T. af oar
lay- lan. A rery turiaGs rhla- Is rlat
notaIi Of bis surface turns iH the same
time FlSe an apple, make mars a.l
around e midway between the -teu s-.l
5las-0n This Is the apples equator. n1v
make another mark iruu -tau O. l.1--
.lH. this is meridian. stick pin 20
cs-s meridian up 1-ar tire -ten. another
where th- equlrl- crosses the meridian.
and Il tulrl iovn near the blossom. Nav
Il v1G ny ita llz apple holding your
finger lli thumb ar -a- stem aai ll.-
-o-l respectively the pins viii al. come
to4 given line 1T the same -ue-If -ley
were stltk .a the -I iley would not 5e
. So; Tile one II the equator aouiL --l
1raaud sooner snan the 5caer---it uoglt
Seem Co haee been pushed along lueld
Of the othec=-the part outside seeming
Co. have been slid over the mass INSIDE .r
-uence some point, yet arucuI iu -.
others In rs and set others 10 y 5fel-
days. SO explanation supposed o. ae
tersa,e has yet de-n given Of tai< rers.
remarkable circumstance. unlike every
thing else we know 0fin the economy Or
lhe planets
How bot Is the sun Wei. Ipr1ui=et
On leii, alI reieem that promise bv say
in--it Is Iwtu.iy- y-awfuL hot H-r-clei
1y careful experiments. conciudea that
tleamoIur of u-at recelveIou thee,.--I'~
surface with the sun 5n rh= zeni-a war.l
aielr gn uch thick of jce IN hours Is
minutes suppose this ,rue. and the -gu
sIrluudsa aTa shell or -re am inch thick.
extending n every direction ad.r. ll-
Is6 millions OF miles away from him-L
NAV sav here that this. Is6 million miles
r. fouble the earth- distance from tho
-gn-iust as the shell Of an egr surrounds
the yeik. and this shell would be- meIted
in the same rime SuPpo-e again chat
this she'll should shrink En- size. bu- In
crease ia rlickue~~. We raaJiIv seq -hl.
no matter now 1AicS &c becomes it W1.
only require hours l. minutes 90 melt
t. Suppo-e the suns fires 90 be- banked.
and rbis mighty shell % shrink anil .-
lies on the sun. It will be piled UP all over
/ him mere than mile high now turn
+ loose the vast furnace and 10 Will still
melt OF al. this ice .n Just the same .
HoGrs I5 mInutes-uora than s1 aet b.
minute Form aH this iee into round
rod forty-dve and -hree-teuth miles iu
diameter. aud dart It toward the sun with
the speed of iishr, 10000 miles second.
and it viii never rpace the sun-lt VIII be-
melted of as IL goes Here Is another g.
Ia tratioR Build up q -olid column lf
ice from the earth 10 the sun, miles IN
diameter, bridging over that mighty
Z cH..sm Of g3 millions Of miles, Bet the sun
concentrate his power upon L., It viii dis
solve 4ld melt, not u an h0ur-Hot In a.
minute--but in single secoud-onr
swing OF the pendulum, iJ vii BE- water
seven swim = more auG Is viii be- Va
DOT Think ot ir- sir Wm. Thompson
has shown that if the sun were solid coat
anil produced It's hest 6y BURNING it would
burn out in iess than 5000 years.
But the earth doesn't get all the un
heat. only very little Of it-oue 2,200
m-lliontb oEoftae whole. IS what we get
It doesn't seem 90 He a very Llrrp part.
but it, enough. I've said cha, beat .~a
nloje If motion How muca motion
viii make tue amount Of dearruar we -er
from the sun More than go J5ns drop
pes, from mile high on a-erv square
f1o5of thesurflce Of theearth. Topu.t5H
horse power: it would take one horse
power engine. acting constantly on -y-
ery 80 siuare teet ofthe elrri- surface.
The suns temperature has been placed Js
high a- Is million degrees Of Fahrerheit'-
thermou.etsr and as low as between 1900
lai 10000 such degrees. The prooiem Is
q verv ditficult one. becJuse so many cir
cuIust4uces enter INTO -he calculation
We know that the most powerful lens yet
mate transports m object ~ rs focus @,
within 250g1G miles Of the sun. and that
the uiu-t refractory subsL.lcps-plarinum.
freciay. the diamond it--if-a-r either
instantly melted or =-lfteged n talor-
Prof : P Langley. who Is now writing
series Of Astronomical articles fr the
L.anlrg- puts the temperature 1f the -un
at mere than s. times THAT OF the molten
iron in Il Bss-emcr Converter. and ia
temperature 1f -ucl iron .- Jt least 30Do
degrees Flhreuasir- 1, the suns tanar
agur- unus5 De- according rs Langley ar
least 26l 900 degrees ot Fahrenheit The
suns light MAY -ag has been est
mated at the number of candles ir1otej
By 81 with Is cipher~ after 10. $50 times
that Of Be4emer Converter. I4B times
times that Of calcium light, 40 times
that Of the electric are
And nov come questions Ike these
How is such an enormous heat maintain
ed How long has it lasted How long
viii it last Are there any signs Of IN
crease or 5f diminutiOn And I frankly
say that az present the answers of science +
are somewhat vague, and unsatisfactory.
There have been 10 great climatic changes Z
within 1900 wears: - far a. we know
the vine and the palm Tree grow just
where they di,E in cl.issic times. the sune
Is true Of the cereals. the bread grains.